Last Thursday evening, Steve Nelson, along with his trailing search dog, Boris, appeared on the BBC2 Programme “Cats v Dogs: Which is Best?”

In the programme Chris Packham walked around Manchester laying a scent trail for Boris to follow in order to demonstrate his trailing skills.

Boris (and Steve), who are also members of SARDA Wales, avoided the tricks set by Chris, including doubling back to lay a false trail, “washing” away the scent, and walking around a block to confuse the trail, and quickly found Chris.

For those people who missed the programme, it is available on the BBC iPlayer for the next month (the trailing dog section starts around 25:30). The programme mini site can be found here. (webmaster: #TeamCat)

Bolton MRT on Twitter

We are recruiting! Have you got what it takes to become a volunteer member of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. Operational membership recruitment for our 2019 intake is now open.
For more information please see the attached link:-
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What a day! Great running everyone! Huge thanks to everyone involved in making the day a success! Special Thanks to @BoltonMRT for supporting the event too! :) results up tomo avo! pic.twitter.com/Z6vK6YaqWf

On New Year's Eve, Assistant Team Leader Mark Scott was surprised and delighted to be given a cheque donation for BMRT of £150 by his friend Sarah Horan of Horwich. Thank you, Sarah, that's very generous and much appreciated!

As 2018 draws to a close, it’s also the end of our 50th Anniversary Year. A huge thank you to everyone that has supported us over the years, especially in 2018. It’s been special year for us and we can’t thank you enough! Happy New Year and hope you all have a fantastic 2019 pic.twitter.com/e0OSv0Bid1

We're thrilled to announce that we've been selected to receive a grant for £13,118.85 from @transportgovuk for essential water rescue equipment, following a bid for funding earlier this year. More info here: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…